People Partner

Role Description

35 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

£19.36 – £25.49 per hour + holiday pay depending on experience

Week on week ongoing for around 3 months (with the potential to move to a FTC depending on performance)

Our client is looking for an experienced people partner to provide a comprehensive, high-quality people service across all areas of their business.

You will work closely with managers and senior leaders, building strong, trusted relationships and developing a deep understanding of operational challenges. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering both operational and strategic people initiatives aligned with the business vision and strategy.

This is a varied and influential role, offering the opportunity to lead on complex employee relations matters, recruitment and workforce development, policy development, organisational change and people-focused projects.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations

• Provide expert advice and guidance on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence and welfare matters
• Support and advise managers through investigations, hearings and change processes, ensuring consistency and legal compliance
• Coach and influence managers to build effective people management and leadership capability
• Lead and participate in meetings involving sensitive and complex information
• Produce reports and analysis for senior leaders and wider organisational use

Employment Services

• Lead on recruitment and selection processes, advising managers on legislation, best practice and organisational procedures
• Develop recruitment, retention and workforce development strategies
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion across all People practices
• Participate in Agenda for Change job evaluation and matching panels

Training, Organisational Development & Projects

• Design and deliver training and development interventions linked to organisational needs
• Contribute to workforce planning and organisational development initiatives
• Support People-led projects, KPIs and continuous improvement activity

General

• Ensure People policies and procedures reflect current legislation and organisational values
• Maintain accurate HR records and HRIS data
• Work closely with Finance on sickness absence management and reporting
• Support staff survey analysis and action planning
• Maintain confidentiality and data protection at all times

About You

You will be a credible, confident HR professional with significant experience in a generalist People role, ideally within a healthcare or complex organisational setting.

You will have:

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience, or CIPD Level 5–7
• Strong, up-to-date knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
• Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases
• Experience delivering training and supporting organisational change
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills
• The ability to remain calm under pressure and handle sensitive situations with professionalism and empathy
• Experience of Agenda for Change, HRIS systems and working in a healthcare or public sector environment is desirable.

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!